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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is unokaimu?

2. Why is the compass useless in the jungle?

3. What do the Indians call their village?

4. How does Mauro Carias usually travel?

5. What is Nadia's advice about mosquitoes?

Short Essay Questions

1. What unexpected injury does Alex sustain while waiting to be rescued and how does it affect him?

2. How does Omayra Torres plan to persuade the Indians to accept vaccinations?

3. What worries Nadia and Alex about Karakawe's activities?

4. Who are the People of the Mist?

5. What causes the kidnappers to become angry with Nadia and how is the problem resolved?

6. How are Alex's mother and Nadia's mother alike?

7. Why do the People of the Mist keep boa constrictors as pets?

8. Why are watches and compasses of little use in the Amazon jungle?

9. What internal conflict does Alex experience when the kidnappers offer him masato to drink?

10. What does Nadia learn when she is the first to glimpse the Beast?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the opinions of the Amazon Indians toward the Nahab-- foreigners. What events have caused the People of the Mist and other Amazon Indians to hold those opinions?

Essay Topic 2

Which group do you think is more likely to ultimately cause harm to the People of the Mist, the Beasts, and the other Amazon Indians? Do the scientists or the entrepreneurs represent a greater danger?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Alex's discovery of the legendary city of gold, El Dorado. How did it turn out to be as expected? How different?

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